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Old 12-24-2003, 01:15 PM
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Default Re: Big blind defense against a known thief

IMO its terrible.

If you are going to defend your blind (specially with garbage) you have to splash around in the pot with a raise or re-raise somewhere. Calling down with Q high is terrible as a strategy. If there were specific things about this board that led you to this tactic then it may be OK.

The key is what you think he thinks of your post-flop play. if he sees you making probing flop raises but turn raises are with nuts then throw in a turn raise. If you believe that pre-flop reraise will be read as a very strong hand then do it there. Monitor your own image to see how he may be perceiving your bets and raises and then use the best one.

Lastly if the game is really good it may be better to save your chips for a better situation. If the game is bad (ie it often comes down to blind steals) take a break and find another game.
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